Judge Blocks Obama’s Transgender Guidelines for Schools

A federal judge in Fort Worth temporarily blocked the Obama’s administration’s guidelines directing the nation’s public schools to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms that conform to their gender identity. It comes as millions of Texas students head back to class this week.

U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor issued the preliminary injunction late Sunday.

Texas led a 13-state coalition asking that the guidelines be stopped after the federal government issued the directive in May.

While the injunction applies nationwide, the judge said states that have chosen to accommodate transgender students “will not be impacted.”

Attorney General Ken Paxton applauded the decision. Here’s his response:

“We are pleased that the court ruled against the Obama Administration’s latest illegal federal overreach. This President is attempting to rewrite the laws enacted by the elected representatives of the people, and is threatening to take away federal funding from schools to force them to conform. That cannot be allowed to continue, which is why we took action to protect States and School Districts, who are charged under state law to establish a safe and disciplined environment conducive to student learning.”

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